Security Bulletin: BITS Malware and Mitigation Report

By Jordan Harris – 06/04/11

BITS is a division of The Financial Services Roundtable. It is comprised of a volunteer group of financial services CEOs, CIOs, CISOs and other information security specialists. Highlights of the report are outlined below:

A comprehensive report looking at all aspects of mal-ware and their effects on the financial services industry (banks, credit unions, insurance etc.)

Analysis of the economics and organization of malware production

Recommendations on how to mitigate the risk of malware with financial services

Also includes recommendations to security software vendors

Excellent and very informative report, see the full report from BITS here.